Scanners II: The New Order

Scanners II: The New Order (1991)

10 years later... A new generation of scanners, Born with powers so terrifying, it's beyond their control!

A breed of humans with dangerously powerful telepathic abilities -- the scanners -- are being recruited by a corrupt police commander, John Forrester, in his crusade to take over the city.

Date of release
1991-05-03
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (182)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction, Action
Director
Christian Duguay
Collection
Scanners Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: CA$5M
  • Filmed in: Montreal

Scanners II: The New Order is a 1991 Canadian science fiction thriller film. It is a sequel to the 1981 feature film Scanners with a different cast, starring David Hewlett, Deborah Raffin, Raoul Trujillo, and Yvan Ponton. It was written by B. J. Nelson and directed by Christian Duguay. The plot involves a crooked police commissioner (Ponton) who schemes to gain control of a major city by manipulating Scanners to do his bidding. The film was released direct-to-video.

Production

Pierre David who produced the original Scanners film as well as several other David Cronenberg films had been interested in a follow-up to Scanners beginning with development on a TV series in the early 80s that ultimately never came to be. After partnering with producer René Malo of Malofilm who bought the sequel rights from David, Scanners II: The New Order was set to be shot back to back with Scanners III: The Takeover.

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